The Foundation’s core value is the adherence to the United Nation Convention on the rights of the Child.  The rights guaranteed by the convention are indivisible, but those that have particularly informed the foundation’s working to safeguard children are:

UN Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989 (UNCRC)

Article 2:  rights apply to all children without discrimination
Article 3:  Children and young people’s best interests are taken into account in decisions which affect them
Article 12:  Children and young people must be consulted in decisions which affect them, and have their views taken into account
Article 16:  Children and their families have a right to privacy
Article 19:  Children must be kept safe from violence and neglect
Article 22:  Children who come into a country as refugees have the same rights as children born in that country
Article 23:  Children who have any kind of disability should have special care and support so that they can lead full and independent lives
Article 24:  Children and young people are to have access to the best available health care and benefit from health promotion activities
Article 25:  Children in care of the state must have their circumstances reviewed regularly
Article 28:  Children have the right to an education
Article 29:  Children have the right to an education which develops their potential
Article 39:  State parties should promote the physical and psychological recovery and social reintegration of a child victim of neglect, exploitation, abuse and any inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment.  This will take place in an environment which fosters the health, self-respect and dignity of the child